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The Lark Rise Band
12+ albums
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The Lark Rise band are an English folk band, formed by Ashley Hutchings. Lark Rise to Candleford is trilogy of books full of customs, stories, traditions, music and more and was written by Flora Thompson and published in the 1930s and '40s. When the National Theatre put on a play of Lark Rise in 1981, Ashley Hutchings was appointed music director and the Albion Band performed the music. The subsequent album became both a commercial and artistic legend. With the re-release of the original classic album, Ashley Hutchings has formed a new Lark Rise Band: Ashley Hutchings - Vocals and Bass Simon Care - Melodeons, vocals and dancing Ruth Angell - Fiddle and vocals Judy Dunlop - Vocals Mark Hutchinson - Guitar and vocals Guy Fletcher - Fiddle, guitar, drums and vocals User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
